CU IMPACT QUESTIONS. Thompson-Reuters. “Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s unleashing of corporate campaign spending in its 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, big business does not seem to be able to buy elections. That conclusion contradicts the doomsday predictions that followed Citizens United and the 2010 campaign cycle.” DEAD OCE? Roll Call. […]
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Good morning, here are today’s political law links (10/23/12)
VON SPAKOVSKY PROFILE. New Yorker. “Mainstream election experts say that Spakovsky has had an improbably large impact.” JACKSON JR. RETURNS TO CLINIC. Story here. “Embattled U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., who is being treated for bipolar disorder, will return to the Mayo Clinic this week for a re-evaluation by his doctors, his father, the Reverend […]
Political law links, Monday, 10/22/12
COVINGTON’S KELNER ON EARLY VOTING. Weekly Standard. “This innocuous sounding but insidious idea, which has led some 32 states to allow voting to commence as much as six weeks before Election Day, is a ticking time bomb at the heart of our electoral system.” SNR DENTON’S POLITICAL LAW COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT OCTOBER 2012 PUBLICATION. […]